Cardinal-designate Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, apostolic vicar of Pakse, Laos, places his hands on a new bishop during a 2010 ordination Mass. (CNS CNS photo/UCAN handout via EPA)

New cardinal from Laos known for kindness and open-minded dialogue

by Catholic News Service May 25, 2017

Cardinal-designate Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, who will become the first cardinal from Laos, is an ethnic Khmu, a hill tribe from northern Laos and southern China.

Archbishop Juan Jose Omella of Barcelona, Spain, pictured in a 2016 photo, is one of five new cardinals Pope Francis will create at a June 28 consistory. (CNS photo/Marta Perez, EPA)

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Appointment not about career, but service, cardinal-designate from Spain says

by Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service May 25, 2017

Although past archbishops from Barcelona have been named cardinals, Archbishop Omella said he was still surprised by the announcement.

Pope Francis greets Swedish Bishop Anders Arborelius of Stockholm in 2016 at the Vatican. Cardinal-designate Arborelius is one of five new cardinals the pope will create at a June 28 consistory. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

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Sweden’s first cardinal missioned with promoting church in largely secular country

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service May 25, 2017

Cardinal-designate Anders Arborelius of Stockholm is Sweden’s only Catholic bishop and the first native Swede to hold the post since the Protestant Reformation in the 1500s.

Heritage Academy senior Maddi Runkles. Photo courtesy of Maddi Runkles

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‘Because she was immoral’: Christian school denies pregnant teen graduation walk

by Adelle Banks - Religion News Service May 25, 2017

“Maddi is being disciplined, not because she’s pregnant, but because she was immoral,” wrote David R. Hobbs, the school administrator.

A long exposure at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope in southeastern Arizona in 2014. Photo courtesy of the Vatican Observatory

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Meet the Vatican’s space explorers

by Josephine McKenna - Religion News Service May 25, 2017

Twelve Catholic priests and brothers live, work and pray at the Vatican Observatory as they explore some of the universe’s biggest scientific questions.

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What the Feast of the Ascension teaches us about time

by Terrance Klein May 24, 2017

Community, sacrament and Scripture: by means of these three mysteries Christ and his church would defy time.

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Signs of Life

by Michael Simone, S.J. May 24, 2017

As Jesus received direction and strength from his Father, so the disciples receive direction and strength from the risen Christ.

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God is no warlord claiming victory with enemies’ blood, pope says at audience after meeting with Trump

by Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service May 24, 2017

“God does not like to be loved the way a warlord would like, dragging his people to victory, debasing them in the blood of his enemies.”

Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

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‘I won’t forget what you said,’ Trump tells pope after meeting at Vatican

by Gerard O’Connell May 24, 2017

President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a private 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday laden with religious symbolism and ancient protocol.